WO2023077616A1 - Puce, cartouche consommable et procédé de transmission de données - Google Patents

Puce, cartouche consommable et procédé de transmission de données Download PDF

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WO2023077616A1
WO2023077616A1 PCT/CN2021/137510 CN2021137510W WO2023077616A1 WO 2023077616 A1 WO2023077616 A1 WO 2023077616A1 CN 2021137510 W CN2021137510 W CN 2021137510W WO 2023077616 A1 WO2023077616 A1 WO 2023077616A1
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刘卫臣
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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    • B41J29/38—Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
    • B41J29/393—Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine ; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17543—Cartridge presence detection or type identification
    • B41J2/17546—Cartridge presence detection or type identification electronically
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J29/38—Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
    • B41J29/393—Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine ; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns
    • B41J2029/3937—Wireless communication between the printer and the cartridge, carriage or printhead
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02D—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE
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  • the present application relates to the technical field of printing and imaging, in particular to a chip, a consumable box and a data transmission method.
  • the printing device needs the assistance of imaging auxiliary information of the consumable cartridge to complete the imaging process.
  • the imaging auxiliary information of the printing device is also recorded on the consumable chip.
  • the consumable chip mainly plays the role of identification and providing a record of the usage status of the material.
  • the printing device may send private data to the consumable chip.
  • the printing device may send private data to the consumable chip in the authentication command, and the private data may include information related to communication passwords and communication status.
  • competitors monitor and collect communication waveforms between printing equipment and consumable chips, they can obtain these private data.
  • the existing consumable chip communicates with the printing device, as a slave, it can only passively receive the private data, and cannot prevent the printing device from transmitting the private data.
  • the present application provides a chip, a consumable box and a data transmission method to help solve the problem in the prior art that the private data sent to the chip is easily obtained by a third party, resulting in the leakage of private data.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a chip for communicating with a host, and the chip is used for:
  • the chip interferes with the first data during the downlink period of receiving the first data, so that the second data received by the chip is different from the first data.
  • the chip establishes a communication connection with the host through a data bus, and the chip interferes with the data bus during a downlink period of receiving the first data, so as to interfere with the first data.
  • bit values in the second data are different from the first data.
  • the second data includes a continuous first bit stream, and all bit values of the first bit stream are the same.
  • the proportion of the first bit stream in the second data is 100%.
  • all bit values of the first bit stream are 0 or 1.
  • the second data further includes a continuous second bit stream, all bit values of the second bit stream are the same, and the first bit stream and the second bit stream The bit values are different.
  • both the first bit stream and the second bit stream account for 50% of the second data.
  • all bit values of the first bit stream are 0 or 1
  • all bit values of the second bit stream are 1 or 0.
  • bit values of the odd bits in the second data are all the same; or, the bit values of the even bits in the second data are all the same; or, the odd bits in the second data
  • the bit values are all the same, and the bit values of the even bits in the second data are all the same, and the bit values of the odd bits in the second data are different from the bit values of the even bits in the second data.
  • the chip interferes with the data bus during the downlink period of receiving the first data to interfere with the first data, including: the chip receives the first data In the downlink period, the first data is disturbed by outputting a high level and/or a low level to the data bus.
  • the interfering with the first data by outputting high level and/or low level to the data bus includes: outputting continuous high level to the data bus, to interfere with the first data; and/or, outputting continuous low levels to the data bus to interfere with the first data.
  • the disturbing the first data by outputting a high level and/or a low level to the data bus includes: outputting high and low levels corresponding to the disturbing data to the data bus level signal to interfere with the first data.
  • the chip is further configured to receive third data sent by the host; the chip interferes with the first data during the downlink period of receiving the first data, including: the The chip interferes with the first data after receiving the third data.
  • the chip interferes with the first data during the downlink period of receiving the first data, including: if the electrical signal of the chip matches a preset judgment condition, then interfere with the Describe the first data.
  • the electrical signal includes one or a combination of the following signals: a clock signal, a power signal, a reset signal, a set signal, and a data signal.
  • the chip interfering with the first data during the downlink period of receiving the first data includes: the chip interfering with the first data during the downlink period of receiving the first data A part of the data.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a consumables box, including the chip described in any one of the first aspect.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a data transmission method, which is applied to a chip, and the chip is used to connect to a host through a data bus, and the method includes: interfering with the host through the data bus to The first data sent by the chip makes second data detected on the data bus different from the first data.
  • the chip can interfere with the preset data sent by the host to the chip, preventing others from obtaining the private data sent by the host to the chip by detecting and collecting communication waveforms between the host and the chip.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication system provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication system provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a circuit structure of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of first data and second data provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another first data and second data provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another first data and second data provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of another first data and second data provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of another first data and second data provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of another first data and second data provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of another first data and second data provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of another first data and second data provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of another first data and second data provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • Fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of another first data and second data provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • Fig. 15 is a schematic diagram of another first data and second data provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of an interference scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of an interference scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of an interference scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of an instruction format provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of another instruction format provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 21 is a schematic structural diagram of a consumable chip provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • this communication system comprises host computer 100 and chip 200 (slave corresponding to host computer 100), is provided with communication port 101 on the host computer 100, is provided with interface module 201 on the slave computer, between communication port 101 and interface module 201 A communication link 300 is established between them, and through the communication link 300, the host 100 and the chip 200 can perform information transmission.
  • the communication link 300 is a contact communication link 300 , that is, a wired communication link 300 .
  • the communication port 101 and the interface module 201 may be electrically contacted and connected through contact pins, contacts or shrapnel to establish a communication link 300 .
  • communication link 300 may also be referred to as a data bus.
  • the host 100 and the chip 200 communicate, they adopt a time-sharing transmission and reception method to realize two-way transmission and reception of information (ie, duplex communication).
  • the host 100 is the sender, and the chip 200 is the receiver.
  • the chip 200 can only passively receive the signal sent by the host 100 as a slave; while in the uplink period, the chip 200 is As the sender, the host 100 is the receiver.
  • the chip 200 sends a signal to the host 100
  • the host 100 can only receive the signal sent by the chip 200 . If such sending and receiving rules are not followed, the signal sent by one of them will not be transmitted normally, and the other party will not be able to correctly receive the signal sent by the other party.
  • the interface module 201 cannot receive input signals and output its own signals at the same time. Therefore, in the communication protocol, it is generally strictly stipulated that during the downlink period when the master sends signals, the chip as a slave must only be in the receiving state of receiving signals, and it is forbidden to change to the sending state of sending signals.
  • the host 100 involved in the embodiment of the present application is a device capable of data processing, control or related operations, and the chip 200 is used to be installed on the host 100 to assist the host 100 to complete related functions.
  • the host 100 is a printing device 110
  • the chip 200 is a consumable chip 210 .
  • the printing device 110 is provided with a communication port 111
  • the consumable chip 210 is provided with an interface module 211
  • a communication link 310 is established between the communication port 111 and the interface module 211 .
  • the printing device 110 and the consumable chip 210 can transmit information through the communication link 310 .
  • the consumable chip 210 is used to provide identification information and recording material usage status information.
  • the printing device 110 is the sender, and the consumable chip 210 is the receiver.
  • the printing device 110 sends a signal to the consumable chip 210, according to the communication rules, the consumable chip 210 as a slave can only receive and print passively. Signal sent by device 110.
  • the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described below by taking the printing device 110 and the consumable chip 210 as examples.
  • the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present application may also be applicable to other types of hosts and chips, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.
  • the printing device 110 may send private data to the consumable chip 210 .
  • the printing device 110 may send private data to the consumable chip 210 in an authentication command, and the private data may include information related to communication passwords and communication status.
  • the existing consumable chip 210 communicates with the printing device 110 , as a slave, it can only passively receive the private data during the downlink period, and cannot prevent the printing device 110 from transmitting the private data.
  • a consumable chip 210 provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes an interference module 212 , as shown in FIG. 3 .
  • the interference module 212 is used to interfere with the first data sent by the printing device 110 to the consumable chip 210 through the data bus during the downlink period, so that the first data detected on the data bus (that is, received by the consumable chip through the interface module 211) is the second data, wherein the second data is different from the first data.
  • the first data is private data, that is, data that is not expected to be detected and collected by a third party on the communication link 310 .
  • various passwords, verification data, integrity data, secret keys, etc. can also simply be data that express specific meanings, such as data indicating the normal operation of the chip, or some parameter data required by the chip, etc. As long as it is for a certain purpose and does not want to be obtained by others through the collection and communication process, it can be the first data.
  • the second data is data detected and collected by a third party on the communication link 310 . Since the consumables chip 210 receives data through the communication link 310 (data bus), the consumables chip 210 also receives the second data.
  • the consumable chip 210 when the printing device 110 sends the first data to the consumable chip 210 through the communication link 310, the consumable chip 210 outputs an interference signal to the printing device 110 through the interface module 211, thereby interfering and affecting the printing device 110 sending the first data to the chip through the data bus.
  • the sent first data prevents others (third parties) from detecting and collecting the first data on the data bus between the printing device 110 and the consumable chip 210, thereby ensuring the security of the first data.
  • the general data bus is a separate data line.
  • the IIC protocol there are power supplies between the printing device 110 and the consumable chip 210. line, clock line, data line and ground line.
  • the consumable chip 210 only needs to interfere with the data signal on the data line, so that the first data sent by the printing device 110 is different from the second data on the data line.
  • the data line is shared with other signal lines. Therefore, when the signal line is used as a data line, the consumable chip 210 only needs to interfere with the data signal on the signal line.
  • the consumable chip 210 can choose to interfere with the data signals on all data lines in all data buses, or only Interfering with one or part of the data signals. Regardless of the form of the data bus between the printing device 110 and the consumable chip 210, the final result is that the first data sent by the printing device 110 is different from the second data collected on the data bus.
  • the consumable chip 210 interferes with the first data transmitted by the printing device 110 on the data bus. It may be that when the printing device 110 transmits the first data, the level of the data bus is changed to a low level independent of the printing device 110, or high level. Generally speaking, when the printing device 110 transmits data externally during the downlink period, the level signal on the data bus is controlled by the printing device 110. If the printing device 110 wants to send data 1, it sets the data bus to a high level, and the printing device 110 To send a data 0, set the data bus to a low level.
  • the consumable chip 210 can actively control the level signal of the data bus during the period when the printing device 110 sends the first data, and set the data bus to a high level or a low level to change the data transmitted on the data bus.
  • the second data on the data bus is different from the first data sent by the printing device 110 .
  • the data bus can be forced to be high or low, so that the second data collected from the data bus will be all 0s or all 1s.
  • the second data received by the consumable chip is also all 0s or all 1s.
  • FIG. 4 it is a schematic diagram of a circuit structure of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • the printing device 110 communicates with the consumable chip 210 through contact communication (that is, in a wired manner), and the printing device 110 includes a communication port 111.
  • Contact pins, contacts or shrapnel that transmit electrical signals in the same way.
  • the consumable chip 210 includes an interface module 211, and the interface module 211 can be a contact pin, a contact or a shrapnel corresponding to the communication port 111.
  • a communication link 310 ( The communication link 310 takes the SDA line that only transmits data signals as an example) to indicate that at the signal collection point K on the communication link 310, the signal waveform of the communication between the printing device 110 and the consumable chip 210 can be detected and collected, By analyzing and interpreting the signal waveform, the communication data can be obtained, that is, the aforementioned second data can be detected.
  • the communication link 310 in FIG. 4 is illustrated by taking an IIC (Inter-Integrated Circuit, integrated circuit bus) communication protocol as an example.
  • the printing device 110 transmits signals externally through the communication port 111.
  • the signal node M in the printing device 110 is connected to the communication port 111 and connected to the high-level signal VCC through the pull-up resistor R1.
  • the controlled switch S1 sends the signal as required
  • the signal is selectively connected to the low level (the ground GND is used as the low level in the figure, in order to avoid excessive discharge current, generally a current limiting resistor R2 can be connected in series between the controlled switch S1 and the ground GND), so The level of the signal node M can be changed according to the signal to be transmitted.
  • the controlled switch S1 When the printing device 110 needs to output a high level to the outside, the controlled switch S1 is disconnected, and the communication port 111 connected to the signal node M outputs a high level to the outside; When 110 needs to output a low level externally, the controlled switch S1 is closed, and the communication port 111 connected to the signal node M outputs a low level externally.
  • a signal node N is also provided, and its signal node N is connected to the interface module 211, and is connected to the high-level signal VCC through the pull-up resistor R3.
  • the controlled switch S2 sends The signal is selectively connected to the low level (the ground GND is used as the low level in the figure.
  • a current limiting resistor can be connected in series between the controlled switch S2 and the ground GND R4), so the level of the signal node N can be changed according to the signal to be transmitted.
  • the controlled switch S2 When the consumable chip 210 receives the signal from the printing device 110 as a slave, that is, in the downlink period, the controlled switch S2 is turned off, so the signal level on the communication link 310 is determined by the printing device 110 .
  • the level of the signal collection point K on the communication link 310 (data bus) is the same as the level of the signal node N in the consumable chip 210, so changing the level of the signal node N is The level of the communication link 310 (data bus) can be changed. Since the consumable chip 210 receives data through the communication link 310 (data bus), the second data received by the consumable chip at the signal node N is the same as the aforementioned second data detected at the signal collection point K.
  • the pull-up resistor R3, the controlled switch S2 and the current limiting resistor R4 form the above-mentioned interference module 212, or the above-mentioned interference module 212 is composed of the pull-up resistor R3 and the controlled switch S2.
  • the first data sent by the printing device to the consumable chip usually includes multiple bits.
  • the difference between the first data and the second data may be that all bit values in the second data are different from the first data; or some bit values in the second data are different from the first data. That is to say, the interference module may interfere with all the data in the first data, or may only interfere with some data in the first data.
  • a plurality of consecutive bits in data is referred to as a bit stream hereinafter.
  • the second data includes a first bit stream, where the first bit stream is data collected by interfering with the first data.
  • the first bit stream can be all the second data, that is, the proportion of the first bit stream in the second data is 100%, as shown in Figure 5; the first bit stream can also be part of the second data, that is, the first bit The proportion of flow in the second data is less than 100%, as shown in FIG. 8 .
  • the proportion of the first bit stream in the second data may be 40%, 50%, 70%, etc., which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • the first bit stream may be disturbed into specific data through interference according to a protocol or a preset interference strategy.
  • the first bit stream is disturbed to have the same bit value.
  • the bit values in the first bit stream are all 0, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 9 . That is to say, no matter what the bit value of the first data is, the bit value in the first bit stream in the second data is 0.
  • all bit values in the first bit stream are 1, as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 10 . That is to say, no matter what the bit value of the first data is, the bit value in the first bit stream in the second data is 1.
  • the second data may further include a second bit stream, as shown in FIG. 11 .
  • the first bit stream can be disturbed to the same bit value and the second bit stream can be disturbed to the same bit value through interference according to a protocol or a preset interference strategy, and the first bit stream and the second bit stream have The bit values are different.
  • the bit values of the first bit stream are all 1, and the bit values of the second bit stream are all 0; in Fig. 13, the bit values of the first bit stream are all 0, and the bit values of the second bit stream are all 0; The bit values are all 1s.
  • both the first bit stream and the second bit stream account for 50% of the second data.
  • proportions for example, the proportion of the first bit stream in the second data is 40%, and the proportion of the second bit stream in the second data is 60%.
  • an agreement may be made according to a protocol or an interference policy, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • odd bits and even bits in the first data may be respectively interfered to obtain corresponding second data.
  • the odd bits of the first data are all disturbed to 1, and the even bits are all disturbed to 0; in FIG. 15 , the odd bits of the first data are all disturbed to 0, and the even bits are all disturbed to 1.
  • those skilled in the art may only interfere with odd-numbered bits or even-numbered bits, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • the embodiment of the present application describes the working principle with reference to FIG. 16 to FIG. 18 .
  • FIG. 16 it is a schematic diagram of an interference scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • Figure 16 shows the clock signal (Clock line), data signal (Data line) transmitted by the printing device to the consumable chip, the first interference signal “interference 1" output by the consumable chip, and the signal collection point of the communication link.
  • the collected first mixed signal “mixed 1" (that is, the second data) is a mixed data signal and a first interference signal.
  • the preset data (first data) in Fig. 16 is E2 of hexadecimal number, replaced by The binary number is "1110 0010", with a high level representing 1 and a low level representing 0, then the waveform of the preset data is the graph shown in the Data line in the figure.
  • the first interference signal that the consumable chip actively outputs to the communication port of the printing device is that the first 4 bits maintain a high level, and the last 4 bits are pulled low, and the corresponding binary number is "1111 0000", that is, hexadecimal Number F0. It can be seen from the communication characteristics in Figure 4 that when the last 4 bits are pulled low, the level of the Data line will be forcibly pulled low, so the second data collected at the signal collection point of the communication link is "1111 0000", that is The hexadecimal number E0.
  • the consumable chip outputs the interference signal to the printing device, making it impossible for others to detect the preset data E2 (first data) from the communication port, and the detected collected data is E0 (second data), thus The disclosure of preset data is avoided.
  • the second interference signal actively output by the consumable chip to the communication port of the printing device is that the first 4 bits are pulled low, and the last 4 bits are kept high, and the corresponding binary number is " 0000 1111" is the hexadecimal number 0F. Then the first 4 bits of the preset data E2 can be forcibly pulled low, so that the collected data/second data (the second mixed data "mixed 2") is changed to 02.
  • the interference signal output by the consumable chip makes half of the preset data change to the same value (0, ie low level).
  • the preset data includes a plurality of bits or bytes
  • the interference signal output by the consumable chip of this embodiment can cause at least one bit of the preset data to change, which can also prevent the preset Set the effect of data leakage.
  • the interference signal can be selectively output so that all bits of the second data are the same, for example, all bits are 1 or both 0. Or make half of the bits of the second data the same, for example, the first half of the bits are all 1 or all 0, or the second half of the bits are all 1 or all 0.
  • the interference signal output by the consumable chip changes the odd-numbered or even-numbered bits in the preset data to the same value, as shown in the third interference signal AA in FIG. 18 and the fourth interference signal 55 can change the odd-numbered or even-numbered bits in the preset data to the same value 0 (low level).
  • the interference signal output by the consumable chip can change the odd-numbered or even-numbered bytes in the preset data to the same value.
  • the interference signal may also be a high-level signal.
  • the high level and low level referred to in the present invention refer to the definition of high and low levels in digital circuits, for example, high level is a voltage between 2.5-5V, and low level is a voltage between 0-1.5V .
  • the interference signal may also be a signal that makes the level of the preset data unrecognizable. For example, the level when the preset data is transmitted, the interference is between high level and low level, so that the waveform detected by others cannot determine whether it is high level or low level, so there is no way to know the preset data .
  • the interference signal does not necessarily require the same length as the preset data.
  • the second interference signal only outputs a low level in the first 4 bits, and the last 4 bits do not interfere with the preset data. Therefore, the first interference signal can be understood as only including the first 4 bits of data F.
  • the interference signal in FIG. 16 is only the low level of the last 4 bits, and the length of the interference signal output by the consumable chip can be less than the length of the preset data.
  • the interference of the consumable chip on the data transmitted in the data bus cannot affect the normal communication between the printing device and the consumable chip. That is to say, the consumable chip only needs to interfere with the first data transmitted in the data bus, therefore, it is necessary to judge the timing of the interference of the consumable chip.
  • the printing device before the printing device sends the first data to the consumable chip, it first sends the third data to the consumable chip, and then the consumable chip can determine whether the printing device wants to send the first data according to the third data.
  • the third data may be data of mutual authentication, or conventional response data, and the like.
  • the third data and the first data may be data in one command, or data in different commands.
  • the third data may be a command header, and the first data may be command data.
  • the third data and the first data are in different instructions
  • the third data can be the data in the first instruction
  • the first data can be the data in the second instruction
  • the first instruction is sent to the chip before the second instruction .
  • the consumable chip can determine that the printing device is ready to send the first data according to the length of the third data; or, the consumable chip can judge that the printing device is ready to send the first data based on the content of the third data. For example, the address information of the first data is given in the third data, and the consumable chip can know through the address information that the printing device is ready to send the first data. It may also be that the third data includes some flag data, and after receiving the flag data, the consumable chip determines that the printing device is ready to send the first data, or the third data clearly indicates that the first data is to be sent. The consumable chip can also determine that the current printing device is ready to send the first data through the communication result after the printing device sends the third data.
  • the printing device first performs interactive verification of the third data with the consumable chip, and after the verification is completed, it can be determined that the printing device is ready to send the first data.
  • the consumable chip can judge whether the printing device will send the first data according to the third data communicated with the printing device, and the specific judging rules can be flexibly set according to the communication rules between the printing device and the consumable chip.
  • the consumable chip may not judge whether the printing device sends the first data according to the third data. Instead, it is judged according to other signals or signals transmitted by other lines, for example, when the third data is started to be received, it is judged by clock timing whether the printing device is sending the first data. For example, according to the clock signal of the communication between the printing device and the consumable chip, or the change of electrical characteristics or electrical signals such as power signal, reset signal, set signal, and data signal. As long as in the communication between the printing device and the consumable chip, any signal change matches the preset judgment condition, it can be used as the basis for the consumable chip to judge whether the printing device will send the first data.
  • the consumables chip can determine whether the printing device is going to send the first data by judging whether the consumables chip is powered . For example, as long as the consumable chip starts to be powered, it will interfere with the data sent by the printing device by default, so that it can be determined whether the printing device will send the first data even if the printing device does not send the third data. It can also be judged that the printing device will send the first data through the reset terminal and clock terminal of the consumable chip, as long as there are signals sent from these ports. Of course, it may also be indicated that the printing device will send the first data by monitoring whether there is a signal at the data terminal.
  • the consumable chip After the consumable chip judges that the printing device is ready to send the first data, it can interfere with the first data immediately, or wait for a while before executing it, which depends on the processing speed of the consumable chip or the setting of the consumable chip. For example, if the processing speed of the consumable chip is fast, the interference may be performed immediately after it is determined that the printing device is ready to send the first data. However, if the consumable chip is limited by hardware conditions and the processing speed is slow, it may interfere with the first data after a while after determining that the printing device is ready to send the first data.
  • the consumable chip can also choose to interfere with the middle part of the first data, so that the consumable chip can end the interference on the first data in advance without affecting the subsequent communication work.
  • the performance of the consumable chip is excellent, you can choose to interfere with all the first data. In short, as long as the first data can be interfered to prevent others from obtaining complete or accurate first data.
  • the second data transmitted on the data bus is interfered by the consumable chip, which is different from the first data sent by the printing device itself.
  • those methods of obtaining the communication data between the printing device and the consumable chip by monitoring the data bus can only obtain the second data, and cannot obtain the true and accurate first data.
  • the consumable chip can also actively send interference data to the data bus, and the interference data and the first data sent by the printing device are superimposed on the data bus to form second data on the data bus.
  • the consumable chip In order to ensure normal communication between the consumable chip and the printing device, after the consumable chip interferes with the first data sent by the printing device, it needs to correctly respond to various requests from the printing device. It cannot uniformly interfere with all the data sent by the printing device during the downlink period. Therefore, when the consumable chip stops interfering with the first data, it is necessary to respond to the printing device according to the requirements of the communication protocol between the consumable chip and the printing device, indicating that The consumable chip has finished receiving the first data.
  • the response indicating that the consumable chip has completed receiving the first data mainly depends on the requirements of the communication protocol between the consumable chip and the printing device, and different communication protocols have different requirements. It can be set according to the actual situation.
  • the consumable chip needs to reply with an acknowledgment bit (ACK), indicating that 8 bits that meet the protocol standard have been received. Before the response bit (ACK), stop outputting the interference signal, so as to prevent the printing device from thinking that the consumable chip is abnormal.
  • ACK acknowledgment bit
  • the consumable chip provided by the embodiment of the present application can not only interfere with the first data sent by the printing device, but also respond to the work of the printing device normally, so as to ensure normal communication between the consumable chip and the printing device. It has been done so that the third party cannot obtain the first data by monitoring the communication between the consumable chip and the printing device.
  • the data sent by the printing device to the consumable chip may be various instructions, such as reading instructions, writing instructions, authentication instructions, specific operation control instructions, and the like.
  • the first data may be part or all of the data in the instruction.
  • the instruction format can be applied to the instructions serially transmitted from the printing device to the consumable chip. It includes command header, command data, command check value 1 and command check value 2 in sequence.
  • the instruction header indicates the type, access address and length of the instruction;
  • the instruction data indicates the information that the printing device will transmit to the consumable chip;
  • the verification result related to the two data and used to verify whether the data is transmitted abnormally is obtained.
  • the instruction verification value 1 is the cyclic redundancy of the two "instruction header and instruction data”. Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC); command check value 2 is a further check result that can be done on the three "command header, command data and command check value 1", and its algorithm can be CRC, Other verification algorithms may also be used.
  • the consumable chip After the consumable chip receives the instruction, it can identify each part of the instruction, and according to the requirements of the instruction, feedback the execution result after receiving the instruction.
  • one type of data or part of data in "instruction data, instruction verification value 1 and instruction verification value 2" can be regarded as data with privacy , that is, the preset data that is not expected to be detected or collected by others (that is, the above-mentioned first data), for example, the instruction check value 2 is regarded as the preset data.
  • the consumable chip determines that the printing device has transmitted the command header, command data and command check value 1 successively, it can output an interference signal to the printing device through the interface module, thereby interfering with and affecting the command check value output by the printing device 2 (that is, the preset data/first data), so that the third party cannot detect and collect the instruction check value 2 on the communication link between the printing device and the consumable chip.
  • the leakage of the first data prevents the printing device from transmitting the first data in a disguised form.
  • the instruction header, instruction data, and instruction check value 1 have their fixed length, that is, the number of bytes.
  • the instruction header is 8 bytes (Byte)
  • the instruction data is 32 bytes
  • the instruction checksum is 8 bytes (Byte).
  • the verification value 1 is 2 bytes
  • the instruction verification value 2 is 8 bytes, then when the printing device transmits the predetermined number of bits/bytes to the consumable chip (in this embodiment, 8+32+2 total 42 bytes ), the consumable chip outputs an interference signal to the communication port of the printing device through the interface module.
  • the printing device transmits the 8-byte instruction check value 2 (that is, preset data/first data) to the consumable chip
  • the consumable chip outputs an interference signal to the communication link, and the interference signal makes others from the communication link.
  • the 8-byte data detected and collected on the road that is, the above-mentioned second data, which may also be referred to as collected data
  • the instruction check value 2 that is, the preset data/first data
  • the interference signal output by the consumable chip of the present invention can make it impossible for others to detect it from the communication port.
  • the preset data If someone else detects and collects the preset data of the printing device at the communication port of the printing device at this time, the collected data (second data) that can be detected must be different from the preset data (first data).
  • the consumable chip can determine whether the printing device has transmitted a predetermined number of bits/bytes of data to the consumable chip by counting the number of received data (in units of bits or bytes). In other embodiments, the consumable chip can identify when the preset data (first data) will appear by judging the content of the instruction, the format of the instruction, and the sending duration of the timing instruction, so as to start outputting the interference signal.
  • the preset data command check value 2 is transmitted to the consumable chip after the command check value 1, then the consumable chip can judge the content of the command, and when it judges that the command check value 1 has been sent, start Output interference signal; for another example, if the printing device transmits the instruction header, instruction data and instruction check value 1 for 30ms, the consumable chip can start timing when receiving the instruction, and start outputting the interference signal after the timing reaches 30ms.
  • the instruction identifier can also be used as the first data.
  • the command identifier indicates the type or order of the command. For example, if the command is an authentication command, the command identifier can inform the chip of the consumables that the command is the authentication command transmitted several times, or indicate the location of the check value.
  • FIG. 20 it is a schematic diagram of another instruction format provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • the command sequentially includes a command header, command data, command identifier and command check value.
  • the instruction identifier may be used as the first data.
  • the command identifier indicates the type or order of the command. For example, if the command is an authentication command, the command identifier can inform the chip of the consumables that the command is the authentication command transmitted several times, or indicate the location of the check value.
  • the embodiment of the present application further provides another consumable chip.
  • the consumables chip 2100 can be detachably installed on the consumables box.
  • the consumables box can be an ink cartridge containing ink, a toner cartridge containing toner, or a powder cartridge or powder cartridge containing toner, and the consumables box is also detachably installed on the printing device.
  • the consumable chip 2100 includes: a control module 2120, an interface module 2110 and a storage module 2130, and the interface module 2110 and the storage module 2130 are both electrically connected to the control module 2120, wherein:
  • the interface module 2110 is used for input and output communication with external devices.
  • the consumable chip When the consumable chip is installed in the printing device, it can be used to receive information/instructions sent by the printing device and send information to the printing device.
  • the storage module 2130 is used to store information about the consumable chip, such as the date of manufacture of the consumable chip, the manufacturer, the color of the recording material (such as ink, toner), the capacity of the recording material, the remaining quantity or consumption of the recording material, printable Rewritable or read-only information such as number of pages, number of printed pages, etc.
  • the storage module 2130 may also store data characteristics before and after the printing device transmits the preset data (first data), for example, a predetermined number of bytes before the printing device transmits the preset data.
  • the storage module 2130 may use a common non-volatile memory, or a combination of a non-volatile memory and a volatile memory.
  • the storage module 2130 several configuration fields can be set, which can adjust the chip of the consumable to determine when the preset data appears. During later maintenance, by modifying the configuration field, you can adjust the predetermined number of bits/bytes or timing duration of the consumable chip.
  • the control module 2120 can specifically be a single-chip microcomputer (MCU), microcontroller, FPGA, logic circuit (ASIC), etc., and is used to control the communication between the consumable chip and the printing device, read information from the storage module 2130 and send data to the storage module 2130. store information.
  • MCU microcomputer
  • ASIC logic circuit
  • the functions of the above-mentioned interference module can be realized by the control module 2120 .
  • the consumable chip can also include a circuit board, which carries the above-mentioned control module 2120 , interface module 2110 and storage module 2130 .
  • the modules of the control module 2120, the interface module 2110 and the storage module 2130 are integrated in the same circuit.
  • the embodiment of the present application further provides a consumable material box, on which any one of the aforementioned consumable material chips is mounted.
  • the embodiment of the present application further provides a data transmission method, the method includes: interfering with the first data sent by the host to the chip through the data bus during the downlink period, so that the The second data detected on the data bus is different from the first data.
  • a data transmission method the method includes: interfering with the first data sent by the host to the chip through the data bus during the downlink period, so that the The second data detected on the data bus is different from the first data.
  • the present application also provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium may store a program, and the program may include part or all of the steps in the embodiments provided in the present application when executed.
  • the storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (English: read-only memory, abbreviated: ROM) or a random access memory (English: random access memory, abbreviated: RAM), etc.
  • an embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program product, the computer program product includes executable instructions, and when the executable instructions are executed on a computer, the computer executes part or part of the above method embodiments. All steps.
  • "at least one” means one or more, and “multiple” means two or more.
  • “And/or” describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there may be three kinds of relationships, for example, A and/or B may indicate that A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, or B exists alone. Among them, A and B can be singular or plural.
  • the character “/” generally indicates that the contextual objects are an “or” relationship.
  • “At least one of the following” and similar expressions refer to any combination of these items, including any combination of single items or plural items.
  • At least one of a, b, and c may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, and c may be single or multiple.
  • any function is realized in the form of a software function unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.
  • the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.
  • the aforementioned storage media include: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (read-only memory, referred to as ROM), random access memory (random access memory, referred to as RAM), magnetic disk or optical disc, etc., which can store program codes. medium.

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Des modes de réalisation de la présente demande concernent une puce, une cartouche consommable et un procédé de transmission de données. La puce est utilisée pour : établir une connexion de communication avec un hôte, et recevoir des premières données envoyées par l'hôte à la puce ; la puce interfère avec les premières données pendant une période de temps de liaison descendante pour recevoir les premières données, de telle sorte que des secondes données reçues par la puce sont différentes des premières données. Dans un mode de réalisation de la présente demande, la puce peut interférer avec des données prédéfinies envoyées par l'hôte à la puce, empêchant d'autres individus d'acquérir des données privées envoyées par l'hôte à la puce, par des moyens tels que la détection et la collecte d'une forme d'onde de communication entre l'hôte et la puce.
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